Manufacturing technology orders up 80.5% from 2010

The U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled U$463.32 million, according to AMT-The Association For Manufacturing Technology and AMTDA, the American Machine Tool Distributors’ Association. This total, as reported by companies participating in the USMTO program, was down 22.4% from September but up 20.3% when compared with the total of US$385.21 million reported for October 2010. These numbers and all data in this report are based on the totals of actual data reported by companies participati

PLEXIGLAS? Solar Fresnel lens parquets for large-scale concentrating photovoltaics

? PLEXIGLAS? Solar lenses supplied for more than 10 megawatts of concentrating photovoltaics ? Production capacity enables multi-megawatt projects

Arburg at the Plastindia 2012

Allrounder 470H demonstrates high-speed thin-wall application/ Hidrive series predestined for packaging applications/ Arburg presence in the Indian market

Purac salt reduction solution is a winner

PuraQ Arome NA4 is a multifunctional solution that allows food producers to reduce sodium by up to 40% without compromising on original quality

China Nov commodity imports surge as shortages bite

* Crude oil imports second highest on record * Copper at 20-mth high, iron ore highest since Feb * Figures skewed by Oct National Day holiday

Summit explores de-commoditisation of food ingredients

China's WTO ride turns fears into fruit

Ten years after securing WTO membership, China's least competitive industries -- banking, agriculture and auto making -- are holding up well, if not thriving

Focus on food safety at Fresenius conference

Experts meet in Mainz, Germany, from 28 to 29 February 2012 for 10th International Fresenius Conference on ‘Food Safety and Dietary Risk Assessment’

Diageo publishes first sustainability guidelines

Taiwan Semiconductor says new plant <br>to generate $3 billion

Free trade zones are clearly the way to go

U.S., Canada to rely on common <br>medical device facility inspection data